Ever been hurt while hunting ?

[dfanonymous]

You have to hunt with ex war veterans mate they know how to fix things and give a lot medial type assistance . I have put a mates knee cap back in , put a guys shoulder back in , set a broken leg good enough to get to hospital with minimum pain after bike accident also had some pain killers in my kit . I would have strapped your ankle and assisted you to a cold creek or dam , in my younger days carried you if necessary and soaked the ankle to reduce swelling . Then after the initial pain reduces , strap it with elastoplast ( sticking plaster tape ) in a horseshoe brace and bandage it .
Once out of the woods , get two buckets with ice in one and hot water in the other and give your foot contrast baths to reduce swelling , reduce pain and speed up healing .
I would have you back on your feet in a few days . Only soldiers really know how to fix the body when it's either walk or die .

yeah he makes a point. Improvising litters and other trauma related medicine is something docs from the navy teach in marine corps. At the least, a combat vet friend will at least find away to get your *** back to civilization and probably wont ***** out on you.

 

[gigori779]

I used to take with me round of antibiotics, and pain meds. I took a full pack spill after I shot my goat. Fortunately it was back at the lodge while regrouping for bear. Fished some, road hunted a bit, but getting into, and staying in a shooting position was enough I didn't take a bear, in spite of having multiple opportunities.

Better luck next time partner.

 

[HARPERC]

Actually it was a very good trip, in spite of the limitations.

 

[bigngreen]

I had to make a solo mule deer trip one day, fresh snow in late season cold and crisp, had to go hunt it. I borrowed a 4 wheeler which is the first time I had in many years. Stopped and unloaded and got back in a few miles and not a soul had been in there in a few days, mule deer bucks we're running the ridges and it was epic. I slid down what looked like a small boulder but ended up being a little deeper and under the snow was a large tree limb and I heard my ankle blow up when I hit bottom.
I could not walk or hobble in sub zero weather in thigh deep snow, after a while I was able to crawl my way to the 4 wheeler, I managed to get it drove back to the truck in the dark but could not get it loaded in the truck, kept sliding off the ramps and I could not get the truck to move without the weight in the back.
I drove the 4 wheeler out to the main road about 10 miles and by the grace of God some guys were on the main road out and I caught them so they could follow me out so if I passed out or couldn't make it I wouldn't die.
I made it another 15 mile and ran out of gas in my dad's drive way, I flipped into the door and it never felt better to get home. Ankle will never be the same and I just don't hunt by myself anymore. There was a long list of thing that the good Lord put in place for me to get out of that alive, I would not have lived the night out there, between the weather, poor planning and solo trip, not good.

 

[mustang58]

Had a horse fall with me in the Selway and broke both bones in lower leg. We were on our way out so only had 14 miles to the trail head. I decided to finish the trip instead of staying there and waiting for a helicopter. I don't know if a helicopter could have gotten in there anyway as we were in a steep canyon. My hunting partner had some vet wrap and that was used along with a stick to stabilize the leg. It was an uncomfortable trip but would have been worse without the vet wrap and stick.

 

[gigori779]

its there any kinda training course for hunter to learn some medical skill before taken someone that's hurt to a Hospital, because the chance of always having a vet among your hunting companion is that much plus vets can get hurt too.

 

[shaughn]

You can go to one of the back country survival courses, they cover a fair bit and they come in various levels.

I took a First responders course that had been offered by a local health authority some years back and you can find various courses offered by the Red Cross or private entities, you might want to check with the local volunteer fire department, they sometimes need or want a few more bodies to make it worth while for a class to be held, might cost you a little bit of money, but it is the kind of stuff that could be useful for general use, not specialized or overly complicated, since the object is to stabilize, until better resources can be brought to bear.

 

[HARPERC]

Had a horse fall with me in the Selway and broke both bones in lower leg. We were on our way out so only had 14 miles to the trail head. I decided to finish the trip instead of staying there and waiting for a helicopter. I don't know if a helicopter could have gotten in there anyway as we were in a steep canyon. My hunting partner had some vet wrap and that was used along with a stick to stabilize the leg. It was an uncomfortable trip but would have been worse without the vet wrap and stick.

I was hoping you would post that story.

 

[Bullet bumper]

One of the things you can do to minimize the risk of twisted ankles is put a horseshoe brace on each ankle. You get sum non stretch sticking plaster about 2 inches wide and lay it from the inside of your foot in line with the center of the lower leg to the outside under the sole of the foot . Start about 8 inch up the inside and finish about 8 inch up the outside . Give a slight angle inwards to your ankle as you are laying the tape so when you stand up straight you can feel the support on the outside mainly . This will give you extra pronation support and make it very hard to twist the ankle .
If the tape becomes loose and unsupportive replace it . Stretch tape is not much good I find as it don't arrest the impact of a twist to the ankle . If the tape under your foot becomes wrinkled or the edges turns up replace it soon as possible as it can cause a blister . Good thick socks help a lot . This is also a good technique to use if you have suffered a bad twist recently and don't want another one .

 

[Bullet bumper]

Brought to you by the SAS . Well not me I was just a well trained grunt but an SAS guy showed me how to do it in Nam . I guess some are thinking , " there were no British SAS in Vietnam " . Not British SAS , Australian SAS .

 

[cynicrit]

Shot a buck during MZ season, was using a hand winch to lift him for skinning. When I let go of the handle the latch broke. The buck pulled down on the cable, spinning the handle, which hit the carpal bone behind my trigger finger and broke it. Black powder season ended with a cast at the ER. To save rifle season I had to tape a hook to the cast for the trigger and learn to shoot that way. Marksmanship stunk, but was hunting Eastern coastal swamps where I could get by with 50-75 yd. shots. Got another deer that season, but I'm a lot more careful with skinning them now, not just when hunting them. After getting the cast off it took a while to limber up that hand to previous shootability.

 

[caribou creek]

Never got hurt while hunting ,, but hauled a lot of injured hunters out by foot, horse and chopper , guess you can say I've seen it all , some good , some real bad, know we saved a few lives over the years, did it for 30 years here in central Washington running SAR Operations for the sheriffs office.

 

[jrock]

I've had two minor injuries that have caused some lasting effects. One time I was hunting ducks with some worn out waders and slipped on ice to do a lack of tread on the soles. Landed on my hip and took about a year to heal fully.

I pulled my groin running out of some brush to get a shot on a deer. Ended up practically dragging my leg out. Now I have to do lots of walking, hiking and jogging in the pre-season to prevent another pull on opening day. Sucks

 

[CaptnC]

About 7 years ago...right before Christmas I was bowhunting in western Texas. We had warmer than normal weather so I grabbed my bow and headed to my feeder. Got there and the wind was out of the wrong direction. So I found a large oak to climb. I was able to get up about 18 feet. Standing on a large limb...leaned against a large dead limb. It was as big around as my leg so felt it was ok. Well it broke after about an hour of standing there. Fell onto some broken limbs and rocks...back of shoulders/head hit first...I never lost consciousness but was dazzed for a second...my first thought was to quickly as I could find all my arrows. I know you can't feel a broad head so I wanted to account for the all.

It took about 10 minutes to get up...it was prime hunting time so I stood by the tree. It had plenty of brush around it to continue to hunt. I had a doe come in about 30 minutes later but hurt too bad to draw my bow. She busted me trying to get it drawn.

When I got to my truck it took a long time to get in because it was too high it get in easily. Drove over and picked up my wife...

No lasting damage...major headache for a few days...